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child abuse and neglect with serious physical injury
Coverage of child abuse and neglect with serious physical injury in the Nexus archive.
- Mother accused of starving her 1-year-old to death by feeding her 250 calories a day with yogurt and vegetable pouches
Sausha Mia Myers, a 29-year-old mother in St. Louis, is accused of starving her 1-year-old daughter, who died weighing 10 pounds, and her 3-year-old sister, who showed severe malnutrition signs. The children were reportedly fed a 250-calorie daily diet of yogurt and pouches, and had not seen a doctor in a year. The 1-year-old was found unresponsive at home and later died in the hospital.